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Ravynmagi  Title: Moderator
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Registered: 2001-12-23 17:10:17
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Date Posted:
1/30/12 9:11pm
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Windows 8 Beta coming next month |
Windows 8 Beta should be arriving sometime in February.
Apparently Microsoft and ASUS are testing out embedding Kinect sensors into a laptop. So you'll be able to control the laptop with motion and voice commands. Seems kinda neat.
http://www.thedaily.com/page/2012/01/27/012712-tech-kinect-laptop/
The latest Windows 8 Build Blog talks about Windows Explorer changes. Recaps what has already been discussed and some more changes coming. Unfortunately everytime I read anything about Windows Explorer and it doesn't mention some form of tabbed browsing, I just start foaming at the mouth. Gah Microsoft, come on already. Hate having half a dozen Explorer Windows open and having to tile them around the screen so I can keep track of what is where. Microsoft was so freaking slow to get into the tab bandwagon with Internet Explorer, and it seems Windows Explorer is going to be even more slow. GAH! And third party file managers just suck so bad.
http://blogs.msdn.com/b/b8/archive/2012/01/30/acting-on-file-management-feedback.aspx |
The_Korrigan  Title: Scrub Buster
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Registered: 2001-7-17 03:51:32
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Out of curiosity, what's the point in moving to Windows 8 when Windows 7 works just fine?
Will DirectX 12 only work on 8, or some similar crap, like they did for Vista?
Not to mention I hate the "Metro" UI, I like the more classic Windows 7 one way more.
Seriously, this strongly reminds me the XP -> Vista upgrade... which I never did after trying Vista. I suspect it will be the same for 7, specially considering the stupid restrictions (special boot, etc...) Windows 8 will have.
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Quazimortal Title: The One and Only
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Registered: 2004-9-18 21:52:58
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Date Posted:
1/30/12 9:11pm
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I've gotta agree with Korrigan here, I can't see a single reason to switch to Windows 8.
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Date Posted:
1/30/12 9:11pm
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Win8 (IMO) is truely developed with Mobile devices in mind and should be avoided for the real users of Computers.
Microsoft set themselves a goal several years back to push a new OS out the door approx. 2-3 apart. Since they have seen the highest rise in mobile devices in the recent years they are wanting to capitalize in that market. This OS will try to meld the two areas with 1 OS.
With that, they want to BOOT lock the hardware so that computers released with the OS will only boot with Win8 loading or fail to work if another OS is loaded. This works great on Tablets and Phones.
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Quazimortal Title: The One and Only
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Registered: 2004-9-18 21:52:58
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Date Posted:
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Windows 8 Beta coming next month |
Greybear1andonly posted:
Win8 (IMO) is truely developed with Mobile devices in mind and should be avoided for the real users of Computers.
Microsoft set themselves a goal several years back to push a new OS out the door approx. 2-3 apart. Since they have seen the highest rise in mobile devices in the recent years they are wanting to capitalize in that market. This OS will try to meld the two areas with 1 OS.
With that, they want to BOOT lock the hardware so that computers released with the OS will only boot with Win8 loading or fail to work if another OS is loaded. This works great on Tablets and Phones.
I hope they wouldn't want to BOOT lock PCs as well. That would just be trashy if they did.
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Ravynmagi Title: Moderator
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Registered: 2001-12-23 17:10:17
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Date Posted:
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They are only boot locking Windows 8 ARM devices. Anything with an x86 processor won't be locked.
The Metro UI can be disabled so you see a more Windows desktop like experience.
I don't know much about DX12 yet, think that's still a ways off. DX11.1 is coming, pretty sure that'll be Windows 7 compatible as well.
Off hand I can't think of a single uber must have feature for Windows 8, but there seem to be a number of little improvements I like.
* Improved file copy UI.
* Improved Explorer UI.
* App store.
* Improved multi-monitor support.
* Native ISO file support.
* Faster boot times.
* Lower memory footprint.
And probably more to come.
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The_Korrigan Title: Scrub Buster
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Registered: 2001-7-17 03:51:32
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Date Posted:
1/30/12 9:11pm
Subject:
Windows 8 Beta coming next month |
Ravynmagi posted:
* Improved file copy UI.
* Improved Explorer UI.
I'm using "Supercopier2" and am otherwise very happy with the Windows 7 UI...
http://supercopier.sfxteam.org/
Ravynmagi posted:
* App store.
Are you sure this is an improvement? Not me.
Ravynmagi posted:
* Improved multi-monitor support.
http://www.actualtools.com/multiplemonitors/
No need to thank me... it took me a while to find this little gem, and the free version does the job just fine 
Ravynmagi posted:
* Native ISO file support.
http://www.slysoft.com/en/virtual-clonedrive.html
100% free, 100% reliable, and no silly DRM or copy protection which Microsoft will obviously include.
Ravynmagi posted:
* Faster boot times.
Remains to be proved. I tried it, and wasn't really impressed.
Ravynmagi posted:
* Lower memory footprint.
Remains to be proved too. Windows 7 is already quite low on memory, and memory is cheap.
Still not convinced it's so "amazing" to move to Windows 8.
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Ravynmagi Title: Moderator
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Date Posted:
1/30/12 9:11pm
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Windows 8 Beta coming next month |
With Windows being on a faster development cycle now, we'll probably not see quite the dramatic changes they we had with Vista/7 over XP. And users probably aren't going to need to replace their OS every 2 years. So I think people could be fine skipping Windows 8 and staying on 7.
Of course some of use aren't wired that way, if a new OS comes out, we are getting it, even if it hurts us (Vista). |
-Mithan- Title: VNBoard Admin
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Registered: 2000-3-1 11:53:15
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Date Posted:
1/30/12 9:11pm
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Windows 8 Beta coming next month |
I will grab it for my main PC. The improvements they are making are things I want. As for the App Store, this could be a killer app if done right, as it is for Apple and Android. Time will tell.
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Ookane  Title: Moderator
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Registered: 2002-10-15 12:42:14
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Date Posted:
1/30/12 9:11pm
Subject:
Windows 8 Beta coming next month |
If you want to know what it has in it different, how it works, and why (along with videos), start here:
http://blogs.msdn.com/b/b8/
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